Enforcer's Handbook

District 1 is really getting more and more unsafe.

Song Lan looked out the window at the darkening sky again, feeling deeply worried about the future of the city. Not long ago, he heard that a major case had occurred in the counter-intelligence department.

Members of the Terrorist Mobile Team went crazy and killed several counterintelligence agents before being shot dead.

"I remember you said before coming to District 1 that this is one of the cities with the best security in the joint government."

He spoke.

Now, he felt that the security of these two cities might not be as good as District 17. At least District 17 had never fought a civil war, nor had the two public institutions been at war with each other.

And with their joint efforts, District 17 is now in a stage of stable and positive development.

"I also said that District 2 is also the city with the best security."

Lu Xiang did not deny this. She sat on the bed very calmly, "Until you come."

She now discovered a common thread in the deterioration of public security in the city, and from this she finally realized why before she graduated and was transferred to District 17, it was rated as the city with the worst security within the coalition government.

Because that's where Song Lan lives.

"What you said doesn't sound right. How come it looks like I caused it?"

Song Lan must emphasize that he has never offended anyone or done anything illegal or disciplinary. At least that was the case before Lu Xiang was transferred here. At that time, he was just a logistics clerk working diligently to get by. The only blame is that Mr. Chaike, the underground emperor at the time, was in cahoots with the Foster family. Even the former supervisor was their lackey.

"If everyone can learn from me, every city will have a better tomorrow."

Song Lan is convinced of this.

At least a sharp drop in crime rates will become a hard fact.

"I believe that even Hogg has begun to learn from you."

The reason why they knew what happened in the counter-intelligence department was because Hogg-Foster told them about it at the first time. Now Hogg is probably more worried than Song Lan. After giving them When he sent the message, he had already embarked on a journey to find someone with evil substitute abilities.

"How is he now? There has been no text message for more than half an hour."

"He went to a psychic research institution. He has some friendship with Jiu and wanted to see if those experts could provide some clues."

With Hogg running around, he and Lu Xiang could rest peacefully in the Galaxy Transportation Company's room.

Facts have proved that if Mr. Hogg is willing to use the resources at his disposal to solve the case, he has a unique advantage over the law enforcement officers. Even the head of the law enforcement department in the first district cannot consult the psychic research institution. this matter.

"Will he ever return to normal?"

Lu Xiang was silent for a while and asked an academic question.

She wondered if Mr. Hogg would one day return to his original self and look back on what she had done in District 1 these past few days, whether he would regard this experience as a black history that could not be erased in her life.

He firmly believes that he is a substitute messenger.

He and a psychiatrist embarked on a journey to investigate the evil stand-in messenger.

Even she, a bystander, felt embarrassed for Hogg, but he seemed to enjoy it. Even if Song Lan didn't reply to his messages, he would tell them the news he found as soon as he made any progress.

In Hogg's words, for him to continue this investigation, he must make the shadow hanging over District 1 disappear.

Even if he unfortunately died during the investigation, Song Lan and Lu Xiang could inherit his legacy.

"have no idea."

Song Lan shook her head, "But I hope he will always be like this."

In this way, he may not have to experience the sadness of parting ways with his friends again. Among the friends he knows, Mr. Hogg is already among the ones who have lived a long time, and every day he lives, he is refreshing his life. My own survival record.

"Actually, he is somewhat similar to those affected by the ability to 'dominate'."

Under the influence of their abilities, those people have embarked on extreme paths. They themselves have become as aggressive and militant as "dominance". Even those with an obedience index of over 90 will raise their guns and shoot at their superiors.

Rather than saying that "Domination" gives them some kind of power to fight against the world, it is better to say that it gives these people courage.

Inspire them to complete those thoughts that are hidden deep inside their hearts.

"I think this may be related to the personality of interference-type psychic holders. Your personality is relatively peaceful under normal circumstances."

Lu Xiang has always felt that Song Lan's character is a bit subtle.

He is the kind of person who never takes action unless he takes action, but once he does, he never leaves anyone alive.

No wonder she never thought that there was such a person in the coalition government before she came to District 17. Maybe besides Chai Ke and Dorago Saffron, Song Lan had many other friends who had disappeared. No one knows where they went.

She had to remind Song Lan, "But if he keeps investigating along this clue, he will eventually investigate Domination. Once they meet... Hogg will die."

Lu Xiang didn't know if what Hogg said in the text message was a joke, but the person he was investigating was indeed a murderous demon. "How are you going to handle this?"

"There's no point in us going to investigate."

Song Lan shook her head helplessly, "It has been avoiding me. Although I don't know the reason, it seems to be aware of my existence."

Otherwise, he would have put an end to this matter as early as the Iris Consortium.

It may be a coincidence, but "Domination" seems to be able to avoid him at critical moments every time, and it is also a remote operation ability. It can achieve its own goals through the puppets it "dominates" without showing up personally. .

In the past few battles, the opponent has made full use of this characteristic and never showed up in front of him.

And even he couldn't kill a person whose identity was uncertain.

Unless he imitates "Domination" and triggers a psychic storm to destroy the entire first area, but this is obviously not what an enthusiastic citizen should do.

He suspected that this had something to do with consciousness aggregates, or as δ said, they could really sense something from the whispers.

"Domination" was once the Whisper's most ardent follower, and even regarded them as "father".

It faithfully followed the whispers' guidance and completed every task assigned to it by the whispers, even if these tasks eventually led to it turning itself into a psychic bomb and a psychic storm that shocked the coalition government. There was no complaint in my heart.

"Lao Lu, I wonder if you have ever heard of a saying?"

"Um?"

"Stop when the remote operation ability is restrained."

Even the invincible Mr. Jotaro has suffered serious losses from remote control users several times.

"No."

Lu Xiang shook his head with certainty, "The coalition government does not have a registered person with the ability to stop time, and neither does the resistance army."

…………………………

On the other side, Hogg's investigation continues.

The person he could think of who was the most knowledgeable about psychic energy was Jiu.

The latter founded a psychic ability research institution and was also one of the earliest researchers of the coalition government. However, their relationship was not particularly good. They only maintained a level of acquaintance and conversation. He had been on many occasions. Everyone has heard that Jiu has an eccentric temperament and is a difficult person to get along with.

But unexpectedly, when he explained his purpose, Jiu welcomed him very warmly.

A lot of secret information was also retrieved from the database.

"The ability you described seems familiar..."

After a long period of investigation and comparison, Jiu found a file called "Domination" from the densely packed entries, "Yes, it should be this one."

For most people in the coalition government, the Dark Ages are the years they do not want to look back on, when MPs, rescuers and ordinary people lived in fear and insecurity, never knowing which building would explode. Or which neighborhood will stage a collective riot, and they are unlucky enough to become the victims of these emergencies.

But Jiu has always loved that era.

That was the period when psychic research was at its most flourishing, with powerful psychics emerging one after another. But now, it seems they will never be able to return to that period.

"The behavior you describe is somewhat similar to the early effects of its capabilities."

Judging from the statistical data, all people who opened their hearts to "dominance" died without exception in the end, but before they died, they often achieved their deepest wishes.

These desires that have been hidden are often bloody and cruel. Under the guidance of "dominance", those people seem to have given up their rationality as humans and completely released their animal side.

But in the later stage, "Domination" is no longer satisfied with this. It prefers to simply and crudely turn those people into psychic bombs, and anyone who comes close to them will be blown up to pieces.

"Huh?"

As Jiu continued reading, he was suddenly stunned, "The file said it was dead. When faced with the six-star rescuers' encirclement and suppression, it turned itself into a psychic bomb, along with all those who were chasing it. We all perished together, if only Miles was still here, and he was the one who recorded these things.”

"Miles?"

"A great researcher of psychic abilities and my best friend."

"Wherever he is now, I can send a private plane to bring him to Area 1."

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Jiu shook his head regretfully, "Myers has passed away, and Daystar College held a funeral for him not long ago... But I am very sure that the abilities of the dead cannot be inherited. In recent years, we have been working on research in this area.”

Psychic research institutions have been committed to completing research on this technology, hoping that even if those powerful and important psychics die unfortunately, they can continue their abilities through technological means.

Those abilities that completely disappeared due to the death of the holder always made him sigh with regret.

"Perhaps they were inherited through other methods."

What Jiu said made Hogg open his mind.

Suddenly a startling idea occurred to him, and everything made sense.

"Perhaps it did not die completely at that time, but existed as an evil spirit until it was encountered by others."

He initially thought the double was an evil spirit possessing him.

"Are you referring to the conscious body? Some people have indeed proposed this theory, but there is currently no conclusive evidence to prove its authenticity."

"Not a conscious body."

Hogg shook his head firmly, "It's a substitute messenger."

Small theater its one hundred and thirty-five:

Tuesday afternoon on a certain day of a certain month of a certain year.

Song Lan had just finished her nap that day when she saw Lu Xiang sitting on the sofa in a daze.

He stepped forward and asked, "Old Lu, what are you doing?"

"I was just thinking about traveling."

"Where are you going on a business trip again this time?"

Song Lan was familiar with the road. Although he had been to many places after meeting Lu Xiang, sometimes in the name of traveling, he was actually busy with official duties. After the official duties were taken care of, it was almost time to go back.

"...What image do I have in your mind?"

"Gentle, cute and kind."

"No, do you think the reason why I asked you to go on a long trip together is for work?"

"No, of course not, like last time, last time, uh..."

The two of them fell into silence at the same time. Song Lan was racking her brains to think of an outing that had nothing to do with work, but she couldn't think of one.

"I have saved another half a month of vacation and plan to take some time off."

In the past, she had saved up her vacation time and had never applied for a vacation of her own initiative. But this time, she read the description of her honeymoon in "A Love Tip Every Day: Advanced Edition", and she became a little more excited.

"That's just right. I've saved up half a month's vacation."

Song Lan happily agreed.

"Wait a minute, when did you save up for your vacation?"

This half-month vacation was a break from her long overtime work, and she had never seen Song Lan work overtime.

"Just now."

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“Take every day off if you dare.”